Today's News

NEW CASTLE—Perry Central’s Tanner Cassidy had 11 points, four rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocked shots in 23 minutes to help the White team beat the Red team 85-79 in the Indiana Class Basketball All-Star Classic Class A-2A senior boys basketball game Saturday.
Cassidy hit 5 of 9 shots from the field and 1 of 4 free throws as he tied Jalen McCoy of Borden for third highest scorer on the White team.

TELL CITY – Legacy Financial rallied in the bottom of the last inning to win its only game Wednesday and moved into a first-place tie in Tell City’s age-13-16 girls softball league.
Legacy trailed Ohio Valley Gas 8-6 in the middle of the last inning, but used a combination of hits and errors to win 9-8.
That gave Legacy a 4-2 record. That was the same as Cash Waggner’s record after Cash Waggner lost two games Wednesday.
Cash Waggner had only two hits and hit only two balls out of the infield in a 7-4 loss to Goffinet Homes.

One of my not always small list of faults is a tendency to not put on paper the comments I hear from readers when outside the office. Whether phone calls, e-mails I receive at home or comments heard when I’m out and about, I am the happy recipient of regular ideas, tips, complaints and suggestions for stories, features and, on occasion, this column. I just don’t always remember them or jot them down, so I will.

It’s hard for us to point fingers at any one person whose property is in need of repair, but the sorry state of the Obrecht House on Tell City’s Seventh Street is one that warrants community concern and this editorial.

The home needs repaired and restored or it needs to be torn down. It’s that simple.

Let us say, up front, that we hope the home is saved and we would be overjoyed if the current owner, Carolyn Barr, would follow through with her pledge, published in the newspaper a few weeks ago, to return the home to its past glory.

PERRY COUNTY – Raffle tickets are still being sold to replenish funds the Humane Society of Perry County spent to help a police dog. They’re available at local stores and will be sold at a Moose Club event July 4.

The raffle prize is a hall chair hand-made by retired woodworker Charlie Fall. The drawing will be conducted at the Humane Society’s annual pet show Aug. 10 during Schweizer Fest.

TELL CITY – Applicants are sought for the 2013 Schweizer Fest pageant. Applications are ready and available at Cinderella’s, 922 Main St. Tell City. There are multiple age groups for boys and girls in this year’s event.

The annual Schweizer Fest Pageant will be Aug. 5 at the Community Christian Church in Tell City. The younger pageant will begin at 6 p.m. and the older pageant will be at 7.

TELL CITY – The 11th annual Adventures with Nature Field Day will be held at Tipsaw Lake June 22.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, Perry and Spencer counties’ soil and water conservation districts and the U.S. Forest Service continue to work together to present the event.

Activities will get under way at 9 a.m. and will conclude at approximately 1 p.m.